Example sentences of "only [vb -s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A £1,000 talking computer stolen from an electronics firm in Milton Keynes , Bucks , only understands Japanese . |
| 2 | Like all other unusual accomplishments , it only nears perfection after hours of determined practice : but once the technique is acquired , the potential for a stunning showpiece is obvious . |
| 3 | This environment not only encourages incompetence but also facilitates fraud . |
| 4 | By solving a physiological conundrum Hubel and Wiesel immediately created a psychological puzzle : how is visual perception possible in a system that only relays information about the location and orientation of edges ? |
| 5 | This drug not only slows gut motility and decreases small bowel secretion , but also increases anal sphincter strength . |
| 6 | At all ages , dog-whelks feed on discrete , easily identifiable , macroscopic sedentary prey ( upon which they remain for many hours or days ) which not only renders predator/prey investigations in the field possible but also facilitates the maintenance of these animals in aquaria . |
| 7 | Second , this lack of focus not only renders policy less effective , but crucially the absence of clearly stated rules and guidelines introduces great uncertainty for firms . |
| 8 | It is known as the Appropriation Act because it not only grants approval for the total sums requested , but also prescribes how the overall sum is to be apportioned to particular votes in order to finance specified services . |
| 9 | It only receives support for very basic administrative costs , and projects like this one are voluntary activities by members of working parties . |
| 10 | The sub-contractor only receives payment in direct relationship to his productivity , thus ’ no work , no earnings ’ . |
| 11 | Like every illustration , of course , it only goes part of the way in satisfying our minds . |
| 12 | ( a ) Retirement and expulsion As explained in earlier chapters of this book , where no express provision is contained in a partnership agreement or satisfactory arrangements can not be agreed to meet the particular circumstances of the partner concerned , the Partnership Act only offers dissolution as the answer to what to do with a partner whose continued presence in the firm is unwanted by his co-partners . |
| 13 | It not only offers interactivity but brings a range of different media to bear on the issue of clarifying , communicating and informing . |
| 14 | Eventually we headed out of the city and got the feel of the lunar landscape by visiting the area of hot springs at Hveragerði which not only supplies Reykjavik with all the hot water for centrally heating houses , but heats the swimming-pools and greenhouses as well . |
| 15 | The lady only wants conversation . |
| 16 | It only wants milk and stirring . |
| 17 | Some players hate anything but perfectly even-grained tops on acoustic guitars but I think this one only adds character . |
| 18 | This not only adds power to the punch , but also gives the karateka a second strike in readiness , should it be needed . |
| 19 | You will tell me that the milkman has refused to continue deliveries , but this only adds weight to my earlier submission that the boat is not only unfit to live in but actually unsafe . " |
| 20 | This not only causes chaos , but is also a waste of water and causes pollution . |
| 21 | For example , contacting users ' families not only causes unpleasantness for the individual concerned but also damages the centres ' carefully nurtured congenial atmosphere . |
| 22 | It is tempting to speculate that this factor may be early childhood sun exposure , which not only causes development of large numbers of naevi but also acts as an initiating agent for later development of melanoma . |
| 23 | This reduction in natural ventilation not only causes trouble within the house , but also can affect its structure , and one problem area is the roof space . |
| 24 | The civil power only has competence in matters regarding the effects of such marriages ’ ( Code of Canon Law 1917 : 1016 ) . |
| 25 | Not only has Simkin been unable to produce evidence of a family history of this genetic developmental disorder , but he has also failed to satisfy the essential diagnostic criteria . |
| 26 | When next you step into an airliner just ask yourself if you want a pilot who has a knowledge of flying or someone who not only has knowledge but aviation skill as well . |
| 27 | The status of Top Traveller is one that is self-appointed and only has currency among the knots of those tacking their way through the continent with varying degrees of frustration and ill luck . |
| 28 | He figures Sun only has price in its corner and claimed Apollo users , the last of the die-hard zealots opposed to Sun on religious grounds , wo n't be budged simply on price . |
| 29 | Aragorn indeed confirms this thought with his gloss that not only has Lúthien died ( as many elves do ) , but ‘ died indeed and left the world ’ . |
| 30 | Not only has experience before marriage been less so , also , has experience within marriage . |